What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type Date: Apr 2021 KernelVersion: 5.13 Contact: "<perry.yuan@dell.com>" Description: Display which dell hardware level privacy devices are supported “Dell Privacy” is a set of HW, FW, and SW features to enhance Dell’s commitment to platform privacy for MIC, Camera, and ePrivacy screens. The supported hardware privacy devices are: Attributes: Microphone Mute: Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications is available to capture system mic sound Camera Shutter: Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images from outside the laptop Values: supported: The privacy device is supported by this system unsupported: The privacy device is not supported on this system For example to check which privacy devices are supported:: # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type [Microphone Mute] [supported] [Camera Shutter] [supported] [ePrivacy Screen] [unsupported] What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state Date: Apr 2021 KernelVersion: 5.13 Contact: "<perry.yuan@dell.com>" Description: Allow user space to check current dell privacy device state. Describes the Device State class exposed by BIOS which can be consumed by various applications interested in knowing the Privacy feature capabilities Attributes: Microphone: Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications is available to capture system mic sound Camera Shutter: Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images from outside the laptop Values: muted: Identifies the privacy device is turned off and cannot send stream to OS applications unmuted: Identifies the privacy device is turned on, audio or camera driver can get stream from mic and camera module to OS applications For example to check all supported current privacy device states:: # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state [Microphone] [unmuted] [Camera Shutter] [unmuted]